Speaker 1: It's Thursday, October twenty sixth and you were listening to
Speaker 1: the Ravens Press Pass podcast. The Ravens are gearing up
Speaker 1: for a matchup coming up against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday,
Speaker 1: and today we had a chance to hear from the coordinators.
Speaker 1: Let's kick things off with special teams coordinator Chris Horton's.
Speaker 2: Got some skykicks over there was what.
Speaker 3: Was kind of the possi you know, I think the
Speaker 3: first one, you know, we just felt like, you know,
Speaker 3: as an opportunity, we had that wind blown in our face.
Speaker 3: We just felt like, hey, if if we couldn't get
Speaker 3: the ball in the end zone, just just not knowing
Speaker 3: early on, give us an opportunity put a ball in play.
Speaker 3: It's had something we haven't done in a while. So
Speaker 3: just give us an opportunity to let our guys cover
Speaker 3: down there, just try to make a play.
Speaker 4: Get Tyler Wallace died, See what's his importance?
Speaker 3: You know, Tiland has done a very good job for us,
Speaker 3: you know, and you know, like I said before, you know,
Speaker 3: any guy that's that that's at our disposal, we're gonna
Speaker 3: use him. So it's good to see him back out here. Practice,
Speaker 3: running around, uh, getting himself called back up. But you know, obviously, uh,
Speaker 3: you know what he brings to the table is uh,
Speaker 3: it's been it's been really good for us, you know.
Speaker 5: Uh, we miss having him out there.
Speaker 3: He's a good he's a good football player, is a
Speaker 3: good gunner, he's a physical player. You know, all those
Speaker 3: things that we talk about and we preach from our
Speaker 3: from our special teams and what we look for.
Speaker 6: What's the difference for still on a game like Sundays
Speaker 6: where your only punting twice, adre to game.
Speaker 5: For your punt anymore.
Speaker 3: Uh, you know those That's happened to Sam a couple
Speaker 3: of times throughout his career, and so for it to
Speaker 3: happen to Jordan's on Sunday, you know, I think that
Speaker 3: first punt came two minutes left in the third quarter,
Speaker 3: you know, and and and for him, it's just a
Speaker 3: it's just a mindset thing, right. He has that net
Speaker 3: over there. He's got to keep himself locked in, uh,
Speaker 3: in tune to the game. And so when he goes
Speaker 3: out there, you know, it could only be one punt,
Speaker 3: and we expect that punt to be you know, high level,
Speaker 3: and uh, that first punt man, it was.
Speaker 5: It was outstanding. Guys covered well.
Speaker 1: We also talk with defensive coordinator Mike McDonald.
Speaker 2: After having a game like that, especially defensively, having so
Speaker 2: many positive things, as a coach, do you try to
Speaker 2: do some things to make sure that's you know, because
Speaker 2: all week they're going to get their pats on the back,
Speaker 2: you're all how good they are and things like that.
Speaker 2: As a coach, do you try to do some things
Speaker 2: to keep things in check.
Speaker 7: I don't think you're not making the decisions based off
Speaker 7: of kind of the weather and and the way the
Speaker 7: winds blowing. I think you're just going off of what
Speaker 7: the tape told you. And the tape told us that
Speaker 7: we did the things that we needed to do to
Speaker 7: win the game. So that was that was really good,
Speaker 7: you know, starting fast things like that. But tape all
Speaker 7: also told us that there were some things that, you know,
Speaker 7: we definitely have to make sure we get cleaned up
Speaker 7: moving forward. So that's the message, and it just depends
Speaker 7: on on a week to week basis, and this this
Speaker 7: week was really honest, it's just no different than any
Speaker 7: other weeks.
Speaker 5: Click for Justin Manibikka.
Speaker 8: We've seen flashes ever since he was drafted, but to
Speaker 8: consistently put it together week after week. What do you
Speaker 8: what has happened for that to turn over.
Speaker 7: I don't see an impetus, you know, per se of
Speaker 7: something clicking. I just I think you've seen his work
Speaker 7: ethic over the course of the off season. Just let's
Speaker 7: take this this whole calendar year for example, just had
Speaker 7: a great off season here, all the time, put in
Speaker 7: all the work, always a great attitude, and then anytime
Speaker 7: you're watching one on ones and the things that we're stressing,
Speaker 7: you know up front in terms of the pass rush
Speaker 7: was executing at a high level. So I just I
Speaker 7: think you know, the whole year, and then go back
Speaker 7: to last year. Just like I said, I mean, just
Speaker 7: that that effort, energy, focus that's always been there with
Speaker 7: Justin and you know, the the maybe the results hadn't
Speaker 7: been there as much for whatever reasons, whether.
Speaker 9: It's opportunity or not. But I think you're obviously seeing
Speaker 9: it come together now.
Speaker 7: It's kind of like when someone says you're an overnight success,
Speaker 7: but it's really like ten years of hard work.
Speaker 9: I think I think that's a good example of Justin.
Speaker 10: You're getting that consistent pass rush production from an interior
Speaker 10: guy like that.
Speaker 11: How important is that in terms of the overall plan
Speaker 11: to kind of keep the quarterback off balanced.
Speaker 9: Yeah, it's a great question. I mean it's huge.
Speaker 7: You know, people think of pass rushers as guys just
Speaker 7: on the edge, but obviously there's some great ones throughout
Speaker 7: the league. You know, there's there's more gaps than there
Speaker 7: are rushers the majority of the time. So interior rush
Speaker 7: is gonna be very important, you know, to push the
Speaker 7: pocket and then understand you know, when you have a
Speaker 7: two way go, when you can make a move, how
Speaker 7: you counter at the level, things like that. So there's
Speaker 7: a lot that goes into it. But definitely, you know,
Speaker 7: a guy like like Beaks up front, you know, doing
Speaker 7: what he's doing is great. You know, I'd beer miss
Speaker 7: if if you don't mention guys like Michael Pierce and
Speaker 7: and Brody and and Travis Jones and the other guys
Speaker 7: that are rushing inside because a lot of times those
Speaker 7: guys are taking the double teams and pushing the pocket
Speaker 7: and that allows you for other guys to have single
Speaker 7: blocks and that's what makes the whole thing go, as
Speaker 7: well as matching the route, so the timing is right.
Speaker 9: So it's a team effort. It's all eleven really, but
Speaker 9: it's great to have a guy inside that can do
Speaker 9: what he's doing. Like a lot of the reports code
Speaker 9: out of the air is there that they're taking.
Speaker 6: Their time with Kyler Murray.
Speaker 12: But when you see the practice fully as it did yesterday,
Speaker 12: how did you approach that as a defensive point hit?
Speaker 9: Yeah, well, you got to be ready for it. You
Speaker 9: got to be ready for him.
Speaker 7: Obviously, there's no reps of him this year in this system,
Speaker 7: so you're you would try to marry you know, his
Speaker 7: skill set and what you've seen in the past with
Speaker 7: what they're trying to do. Not an easy task. You know,
Speaker 7: we'll see what happens throughout the rest of the week,
Speaker 7: but it's definitely something you have to be ready for
Speaker 7: if he if he is out there.
Speaker 13: Mike, I know you've been asked about Gino throughout the season,
Speaker 13: but when a player produces like that, you know, does
Speaker 13: that change what you're able to do with him or
Speaker 13: is it more of like a continuation of the plan
Speaker 13: you're trying to execute when he's putting up numbers.
Speaker 7: I think it's a continuation of the plan. To Gino's credit,
Speaker 7: I don't want to take what he's away from what
Speaker 7: he's doing. But the players are coming to him through
Speaker 7: the scheme and hit through his responsibility, and that's I'm
Speaker 7: commending him by executing at a high level. And it's
Speaker 7: like the ball finds energy you're you know, if you're
Speaker 7: doing things the right way all the time and playing
Speaker 7: with high energy, the ball will find you. And when
Speaker 7: it does, he's been able to make a play on
Speaker 7: the ball. So he's doing a great job, but we've
Speaker 7: got to keep it rolling.
Speaker 2: When you're looking at the Cardinals offense, how important will
Speaker 2: be to keep your former perceiver your Hollywood brown and
Speaker 2: get in front of it each other.
Speaker 7: Yeah, he's a he's an explosive player, and he's someone
Speaker 7: you have to account for both in the vertical game
Speaker 7: and in the in the catch and run game. So
Speaker 7: you know, he's I wouldn't say unique in that matter,
Speaker 7: but there's not a lot of guys that have that
Speaker 7: that both of that skill set.
Speaker 9: So that's something that we definitely definitely have to account
Speaker 9: for for sure.
Speaker 6: How do you think he's Just the experience of see
Speaker 6: Lamar in practice every day prepares you guys. First team,
Speaker 6: whether it's Kyler or Dobbs and just the quarterback design
Speaker 6: right threat that Arizona will probably present.
Speaker 9: H Yeah, that's a good question. I think.
Speaker 7: You know, when you're practicing the things throughout camp, he
Speaker 7: gives you a realistic look of if you could make
Speaker 7: the player or not.
Speaker 9: You know, you stay away from them more.
Speaker 7: Sometimes there's some plays where you're like, oh, we would
Speaker 7: have tackled them, you know, and you probably wouldn't have,
Speaker 7: but you can get onto the next play, so you know,
Speaker 7: I wouldn't overdo it much.
Speaker 9: But obviously, you know, having an elite.
Speaker 7: Quarterback like that that you're seeing every day really in
Speaker 7: any scheme, you know, Iron Sharpen's Iron in that manner,
Speaker 7: Like we've.
Speaker 10: Seen the versatility in your scheme talked about with inside
Speaker 10: linebackers and secondary as a hole as they played with
Speaker 10: top positions. Something on the film though, showed Michael Pierce
Speaker 10: and some defensive lineman dropping back into coverage as important.
Speaker 10: Just what did they show in that regard to be
Speaker 10: able to entrust them with such a play call and
Speaker 10: the other guys making the plays surrounding them.
Speaker 9: Yeah, I would just I mean, it's just we're blessed
Speaker 9: that we have a unit that.
Speaker 7: Plays together and you can do a lot of different
Speaker 7: things where different guys are getting credit for stuff and
Speaker 7: a lot there's a lot of heavy lifting going on
Speaker 7: where you're not necessarily making the play, but you're setting
Speaker 7: some of your teammate up for success us. And when
Speaker 7: you have eleven guys playing like that, you got a
Speaker 7: really good chance to be pretty good. And that's something
Speaker 7: that we're focusing on, something that we've harped on as
Speaker 7: a unit. Our coaches do a great job of, you know,
Speaker 7: just like pick games for example, like setting the other
Speaker 7: guy up, not being selfish and playing team football.
Speaker 9: And when you do that, you got a really good
Speaker 9: chance to win games.
Speaker 6: On a technique level, is there a name for like
Speaker 6: the kind of the player where you see Mike Pierce,
Speaker 6: you know, engage the center of the guard just long
Speaker 6: enough before dust back. I mean, what is there a
Speaker 6: name for that kind of rush or drop or whatever
Speaker 6: it is.
Speaker 9: We can talk probably on it, but you know there
Speaker 9: probably is a call for it.
Speaker 12: Yes, Like heard just a bunch of guys, especially in
Speaker 12: recent weeks, just saying how they really feel like the
Speaker 12: unit is gelling really well in recent weeks.
Speaker 4: From a defensive coordinator, like, how do you see that happening?
Speaker 4: Do you see that happening? How does that happen? And
Speaker 4: how does that really it?
Speaker 7: Well, it's great to hear that, you know, I didn't
Speaker 7: I didn't. Uh, I didn't catch that, but awesome to hear.
Speaker 7: And that's again, that's something that is goes unnoticed. We
Speaker 7: talked about, you know, in our meeting earlier in the week.
Speaker 7: It's it's about the little details that you don't necessarily
Speaker 7: see is what makes the difference. And camaraderie and and
Speaker 7: selflessness and effort and execution are things that don't aren't
Speaker 7: necessarily shown to the naked eye when you're when you're
Speaker 7: watching the tape. So to answer your question, that's those
Speaker 7: are the things that you see on a play in
Speaker 7: and play out basis is execution, guys doing the things
Speaker 7: their coach to do, playing really hard, having great energy
Speaker 7: in the meeting rooms, and focus and having taken in
Speaker 7: a day to day to day mentality, and those are
Speaker 7: the things as a coach you know you're striving for
Speaker 7: all the time.
Speaker 9: And we and we're chasing it still.
Speaker 7: I mean we're not there by any means, but we're
Speaker 7: we're chasing it and you can feel it, you know,
Speaker 7: on a day to day basis, for sure.
Speaker 6: I think there are some thought that one one of
Speaker 6: the Humphrey came back, he could slide and slot and
Speaker 6: abw way to get Stevens, keep.
Speaker 9: Him out there and then maybe get dark be your Rocky.
Speaker 6: House scene or even Armer Davis. How is the way
Speaker 6: Arthur Molest played inside kind of solidified things for you guys,
Speaker 6: and maybe you know, change in what you do with
Speaker 6: the defensive backs there.
Speaker 7: Well, A lot a lot of the decisions we've made
Speaker 7: in the back is a functional one. Who's available and uh,
Speaker 7: and just just the the overall skill set that you're
Speaker 7: working with. But to your point about Arthur has been
Speaker 7: playing really good football for us and uh, and then
Speaker 7: that would that would drive some decisions on not having
Speaker 7: to shake things up per se, It's not out of
Speaker 7: the question moving forward. I mean, we have a lot
Speaker 7: of good guys back there that you know, we want
Speaker 7: to get on the field and then have deserved chances
Speaker 7: to be out there. So I think you'll see us
Speaker 7: mix it up, you know, over the next few weeks
Speaker 7: based on matchups and who's available and things like that.
Speaker 7: But definitely Marlin going to the slot isn't out of
Speaker 7: the question. And that's nothing against Arthur. He's obviously playing
Speaker 7: really good football. But you know, you're always looking for
Speaker 7: ways to get get your best guys out there based
Speaker 7: on based on the situa.
Speaker 13: Mike, what was your reaction to the news coming out
Speaker 13: of Michigan this week?
Speaker 7: You know, I appreciate the question. It's I've been here
Speaker 7: two years, you know, I'm a Raven now and obviously
Speaker 7: all our focus is really move is on the Cardinals
Speaker 7: this week, But appreciate the question.
Speaker 1: That was defensive coordinator Mike McDonald. We also talked with
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator Todd Munkin, who actually got the game ball
Speaker 1: on Sunday. That was a big moment for him as
Speaker 1: the Ravens completely dominated that game against the Lions. The
Speaker 1: offense had its best showing of the season. They scored
Speaker 1: touchdowns on their first four drives of the game. Monkin
Speaker 1: talked about that performance and how the Ravens built on
Speaker 1: that moving forward.
Speaker 6: And they showed the time inside a locker footage after
Speaker 6: the game looked like a pretty mean coul for you.
Speaker 5: Kind of talked about what was well, you know a
Speaker 5: lot of things frustration, you know, like I said, no,
Speaker 5: that's the way it should look. You know, I don't
Speaker 5: think you ever anticipate scoring touchdowns to your first four drives,
Speaker 5: but that's what you're paid to do. You're paid to
Speaker 5: put a product out there, maximize your players potential, and
Speaker 5: we did that. You know, it feels good and it
Speaker 5: feels like crap when it doesn't. I don't know how's
Speaker 5: to say it, you know, just the way it is.
Speaker 5: So from that part of it, you know, it was
Speaker 5: a chance to enjoy it, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 5: So no, the way to put it, you know what
Speaker 5: I'm saying. The end of the game, you play well enough,
Speaker 5: you hold up your out of the bargain. Guys play good,
Speaker 5: you know, you play like your cable playing. We really
Speaker 5: hadn't a game like that since the Bengals. We really
Speaker 5: had played like that against the Bengals, and we had
Speaker 5: had spots you know, here or there, you know, But
Speaker 5: now we're looking forward. We're through through week seven and
Speaker 5: now it's onto week eight and hopefully we can stack
Speaker 5: those type of games together.
Speaker 11: What it can be.
Speaker 12: Do you think that that can act as kind of
Speaker 12: a springboard to doing that more regularly.
Speaker 5: I hope. So, I mean, you know that's what you're
Speaker 5: looking for of what what does it look like in
Speaker 5: my opinion on Wednesday and then Thursday and then on Friday.
Speaker 5: And how do you carry that over? That's not only
Speaker 5: in the practice field. That's up when you're game planning.
Speaker 5: That's when you're deciding what you're gonna do in any
Speaker 5: down in distance, any part of the field, and then
Speaker 5: making sure that the players you detail it out exactly
Speaker 5: what you anticipate and what they can anticipate from play calls.
Speaker 5: You know, sometimes just goes your way. Sometimes it doesn't.
Speaker 5: I wish it was that simple, but sometimes it just
Speaker 5: goes your way.
Speaker 11: Sorry for interrupting, But those those r FO designs specific
Speaker 11: to Lamar kind of running out like he has the
Speaker 11: design to run. How how specific was that to a
Speaker 11: quarterback like Lamar who has those unique talent.
Speaker 5: Some are, some aren't, some are part of you know,
Speaker 5: a read scheme with that built in. Just how and
Speaker 5: that that one play call forced him to keep it
Speaker 5: and then obviously defender squeeze to him and he spit
Speaker 5: the ball out. So again, we had a number of
Speaker 5: those in the plan and we've had those up. It
Speaker 5: just sometimes just didn't present themselves. You know, they were
Speaker 5: more chase mechanics. We've had games where they've been mess charge,
Speaker 5: we've had games where they've served, So even though some
Speaker 5: of the calls might have been up, we just didn't
Speaker 5: get the same look.
Speaker 4: Do you feel like Lamar has a particular special ability
Speaker 4: to to get the ball where it needs to go
Speaker 4: while he's on sort of while he's running, or while
Speaker 4: he's making it look like he's about to run, or
Speaker 4: just on nonstandard kind of foot.
Speaker 5: For sure, you guys have seen it. I mean his
Speaker 5: off platform arm angles, ability to get the ball in
Speaker 5: space and see the field is unique. And he's done
Speaker 5: a great job, really has and you know we're just
Speaker 5: we're just getting started. We really are, you know, really
Speaker 5: just getting started, and we just got to build from here.
Speaker 14: A thousand lines obviously very good in past protection and
Speaker 14: also the luxury of having Patrick Card we left tackle
Speaker 14: essentially and block might that what kind of lectury and
Speaker 14: how the creators that allowed you and you.
Speaker 5: Can move forwardy to two up like that. I thought
Speaker 5: the whole line did a great job in protection. Obviously
Speaker 5: we use patent a number of ways. He's got a
Speaker 5: unique skill set, so we use him in pass pro,
Speaker 5: we use him in protection and sometimes if the man
Speaker 5: that the defender that had him in mayon added. So
Speaker 5: you don't count on a forty yard game to pat
Speaker 5: Ricard on a checkdown, but you'll take it.
Speaker 2: You seemed like the earlier one a lot of pre
Speaker 2: snap movement, multiple prestat movement. Was that were you looking
Speaker 2: for something specific or was it just.
Speaker 15: Kind of just you know, part of what you're doing.
Speaker 5: We've had some of the pre stat movement, and we
Speaker 5: had a little bit more on third downs this past week,
Speaker 5: but we've had it, maybe not as many you know,
Speaker 5: our pos in the past. You know, the way this
Speaker 5: defense played kind of presented that to us a little
Speaker 5: bit more.
Speaker 6: This is there other than other than the end result?
Speaker 6: Is there a common denominator is some of the best point.
Speaker 6: I guess issues between Justice of Lamar have sort of
Speaker 6: reared with some of the fumbles on these changes.
Speaker 5: You know, obviously we've got to get it fixed. That
Speaker 5: one in particular was different than the one you know
Speaker 5: in Cleveland, which was a miscommunication in terms of the play.
Speaker 5: But obviously it doesn't matter who the back is. I mean,
Speaker 5: when you have some QB driven runs with Lamar's ability
Speaker 5: to pull it and get on the perimeter. You have
Speaker 5: to be elked at that part of the game. If
Speaker 5: you're under center and you're really not QB driven, that
Speaker 5: isn't a factor. There isn't the read part of it.
Speaker 5: That element comes into play with the athletic quarterbacks, the
Speaker 5: guys that can attack the perimeter, and we have to
Speaker 5: be lead at no matter who that is, whether it's
Speaker 5: a receiver coming in motion, its one of our running backs.
Speaker 5: We have to be because you don't want to get
Speaker 5: to the point because you can't take that out of
Speaker 5: your plan. It's a big part of what you do.
Speaker 9: Like you said, sometimes it just works out.
Speaker 12: But just from your perspective, I think everybody's wondering why
Speaker 12: it came together the way it did on Sunday, right,
Speaker 12: Why did it all come together and look so good
Speaker 12: and work out so well?
Speaker 5: From your perspective, why, Well, if you asked our team,
Speaker 5: I thought last Wednesday was our best practice. Again, I
Speaker 5: thought over the last few weeks we practiced well. Didn't
Speaker 5: play as well against Pittsburgh, obviously played better against Tennessee,
Speaker 5: just didn't finish in the red zone. And I think
Speaker 5: they had started to see that, had started to see
Speaker 5: that the things we were doing, and I think last
Speaker 5: Wednesday Thursday were a couple of our best practices. That
Speaker 5: doesn't always mean that it's going to carry over, but
Speaker 5: I thought those guys saw that the energy level was great.
Speaker 5: Thought they started feeling better about the things that we
Speaker 5: were doing, and it just carried over to Saturday, and
Speaker 5: we made plays at critical times. You know, even when
Speaker 5: we didn't get one of the third downs, we came
Speaker 5: right back and got it on the second one we
Speaker 5: had offsetting penalties and got the next one on a
Speaker 5: third and eleven. We hit Zay on a deep out
Speaker 5: route that converted and kept a drive going. So even
Speaker 5: when we didn't have a number of third downs in
Speaker 5: that game, but when we needed third downs we converted
Speaker 5: early in the game. That kept drives going. So sometimes
Speaker 5: you have to make a play when you get to
Speaker 5: the third downs and you're not being explosive to convert,
Speaker 5: and we did a much better job scheming it, calling
Speaker 5: it in the red zone. You know, we were explosive,
Speaker 5: We were aggressive, right, And that's that's the key, is
Speaker 5: how do you find a way once you get those drives,
Speaker 5: convert on third downs and then get touchdowns in the
Speaker 5: red zone, which we had like a little lapse. There
Speaker 5: are obviously a couple of games, but we had been
Speaker 5: good up till that point, and we were good. We
Speaker 5: were good the other day and would have had a
Speaker 5: chance at the other one. We got a little holding call. Uh,
Speaker 5: But the guys, the guys were on point. When we
Speaker 5: talked to the players afterward, by and largest, they were
Speaker 5: not you fust I mean, they were all saying, well,
Speaker 5: there's still a lot of things we could have done better.
Speaker 12: When we look at the film, you know, we'll see that.
Speaker 5: As a coach to you, do you like to hear that? Sure?
Speaker 5: I mean, I think you're always looking for perfection. You're
Speaker 5: looking to be elite whatever you do. So I think
Speaker 5: there was frustration that before the half that we turned
Speaker 5: the ball over, could have finished the half on our terms,
Speaker 5: and then at the end when we had an opportunity
Speaker 5: we end up kicking a field goal, and then when
Speaker 5: we put in some of the other guys, we could
Speaker 5: have finished the game on our terms. So we didn't
Speaker 5: finish the half on our terms, and we didn't finish
Speaker 5: the game on our terms. No matter who's in the game,
Speaker 5: and not give it back to their offense and put
Speaker 5: our defense back out there. We could have to me
Speaker 5: ending both halves on our terms is what you're looking for.
Speaker 6: I think just a piggyback up with podcast. You know,
Speaker 6: we saw the offense pass for bridge fifty yards and
Speaker 6: then you know Kurt Warner's breakdown says that there's some
Speaker 6: issues still with the space, you know, the route concepts
Speaker 6: and stuff like that. I guess, how would you kind
Speaker 6: of assess just the process of.
Speaker 5: Both Sure, No, I think anytime I don't disagree with
Speaker 5: some of the things he's saying, I think in terms
Speaker 5: of making sure that we're on point in terms of
Speaker 5: if you're spacing, in terms of everybody being on the
Speaker 5: same page. But do I think that any different than
Speaker 5: most weeks. No, you know, I think you can break
Speaker 5: down anybody and say, hey, I think that was maybe
Speaker 5: taking the other side of the narrative because it was
Speaker 5: so much one side, so you go to the other
Speaker 5: side of the narrative a little bit. I don't think
Speaker 5: either side's wrong. I think there were certain things we
Speaker 5: did that were really outstanding that you look in and say, wow,
Speaker 5: we can bill on and there's other things that we'll
Speaker 5: get glossed over because you won, and you'll look at
Speaker 5: and go, that's got to be a lot better, or
Speaker 5: we can't be who we want. And it's the same
Speaker 5: way when you don't play as well. There's things you
Speaker 5: won't look at and you'll look at you go, boy,
Speaker 5: we did that really well. And yet there's things that
Speaker 5: you won't look at it that way because of the
Speaker 5: way you've finished. So I don't disagree with either side
Speaker 5: of it. There was some elite things we did and
Speaker 5: there's some things that for sure we've got to clean
Speaker 5: up and not just count on that eight. It's going
Speaker 5: to run around and make a play, right, he is going.
Speaker 13: To do that.
Speaker 5: That is what he does. But that's not my job.
Speaker 5: Our job is to be elite in getting guys in
Speaker 5: the right spots, calling it being aggressive, getting the guys
Speaker 5: in the right spots and letting our allent shine.
Speaker 7: It's going to get a lot better.
Speaker 12: Example.
Speaker 5: I just think there's it's more than just one thing.
Speaker 5: I think it's consistency in terms of route depths right
Speaker 5: here and out of the huddle right if we're changing
Speaker 5: a play right, there's just over time and This is
Speaker 5: no different than any game. There's mister Simon here getting
Speaker 5: lined up here, how we're doing it here, So we're
Speaker 5: hearing it out of the huddle, getting lined up. Our
Speaker 5: spacing's right. So again, so we don't count on some
Speaker 5: ad lib lib, just Lamar making a play and making
Speaker 5: up for it, which can occur in the run game too.
Speaker 5: It could occurred in the RPO world where all of
Speaker 5: a sudden he ends up just making a play.
Speaker 13: Right.
Speaker 5: Those are things that he has a unique ability to do.
Speaker 5: But when you really take off is you shrink those
Speaker 5: other things and again you let your talent shine and
Speaker 5: you're really everybody's executing at a high level, including Lamar,
Speaker 5: including how we call it and how we scheme it,
Speaker 5: all the above, all the above making.
Speaker 8: Up forward in the RBO was that the eighty yard
Speaker 8: pitch to Goss rely the little pass was that he
Speaker 8: looked like he wanted to go left off three and
Speaker 8: then let it saw something that just him again eighty eight.
Speaker 5: Now it is a naked to the left and he
Speaker 5: ended up coming back to the right and then Gus
Speaker 5: was there. Man, I'd love to say that we designed
Speaker 5: that and we dumped to the back for eighty yards.
Speaker 5: I mean, well, it end up we were running a
Speaker 5: naked and we were going left and he ended up
Speaker 5: seeing a defender to the left and didn't end up
Speaker 5: getting the mark. His nature took it to the right
Speaker 5: and he found Guss And those are things that he
Speaker 5: is gonna do outside of that, those are the things
Speaker 5: in the plays that he's gonna make. And getting him
Speaker 5: on the perimeter, getting guys out in routes is a
Speaker 5: good thing for Lamar because he does have a unique
Speaker 5: ability to see people down the field, so as you
Speaker 5: can protect him. He is a natural playmaker. You guys
Speaker 5: know that, and uh, you got to embrace that, you know,
Speaker 5: in terms of certain things. That's why we're pushing everything
Speaker 5: in a direction of all right, let's have that be
Speaker 5: a bonus. Let's have that be a bonus. Let's be
Speaker 5: leaded execution, let's be leaded how it's supposed to look,
Speaker 5: and then the other part is a bonus.
Speaker 1: In addition to the coordinators in the locker room, we
Speaker 1: also talked with some of the key players, including wide
Speaker 1: receiver Nelson Aguilar, who talked about the strong showing from
Speaker 1: the offense and what the Ravens can do to build
Speaker 1: off of that.
Speaker 16: We've been preparing and I think at the end of
Speaker 16: the day's executing what you're prepare. And I think last
Speaker 16: Sunday was an example of that, and then the previous
Speaker 16: weekly similar situation.
Speaker 9: How do you kind of carry that over?
Speaker 12: You know, when you execute at such a high level,
Speaker 12: that's a high bar to set.
Speaker 9: How do you approach it?
Speaker 16: The problem to be consistent about your preparation. You know,
Speaker 16: that's one thing that has to be consistent throughout because
Speaker 16: you know situations very defenses play hard, they adjust, But
Speaker 16: how you prepare, you know what you watch on tape,
Speaker 16: the corrections in the meeting room, the effort at practice,
Speaker 16: the tension to detail. That practice has to stay consistent
Speaker 16: to at least yourself a chance to be consistent.
Speaker 9: On Sundays, Trod Munkin.
Speaker 12: Was saying that last week during practice, it felt like
Speaker 12: you guys had some of your best practices of the year.
Speaker 9: What what was it did you feel like from practice field?
Speaker 16: I th I thought our attention to detail was there.
Speaker 16: We just practiced hard. You know, we had great energy.
Speaker 16: I think the energy is the most important part, you know,
Speaker 16: practicing with you know, enthusiasm and joy plays a big
Speaker 16: part in how it looks, you know, cause we always
Speaker 16: you know, I think guys always do the right thing,
Speaker 16: run hard, go here and there. But with the excitement
Speaker 16: you practice with, you know, the energy you practice with
Speaker 16: gives everybody a good feeling. Similar similar man, we we
Speaker 16: practiced with great and focus and enthusiasm, enthusiasm, and we
Speaker 16: just trying to get better.
Speaker 12: Tren Munkin got it a game ball afterwards in the
Speaker 12: locker room. It seemed like that really meant something to
Speaker 12: him and as his players, you know, was that a
Speaker 12: a good feeling for you all to kind.
Speaker 2: Of see it?
Speaker 16: It definitely means something to me, cause I know he cares.
Speaker 16: He cares about what we do, He cares about what
Speaker 16: we look like. He cares about you know, our production,
Speaker 16: you know, individually and as a team.
Speaker 17: You know.
Speaker 16: So I have a lot of respect for him and
Speaker 16: he deserves that, and we need to just continue to
Speaker 16: put out performances like that for him, for the quarterback,
Speaker 16: for the old line, you know, for each other.
Speaker 5: You know, that's what it's about.
Speaker 9: What do you see us getting open on these extended
Speaker 9: plays with Lamar?
Speaker 10: And what goes through your mind?
Speaker 16: You stay alive, you know, it's a it's a scramble driux.
Speaker 16: If ever every team does that, we stay alive. I
Speaker 16: think our coaches do a good job about telling us
Speaker 16: about different voids and playing off of each other, you know,
Speaker 16: having a feel for where the next guy is, keeping
Speaker 16: your eyes on the quarterback, things like that. So you
Speaker 16: have to practice that too all the time, because you know,
Speaker 16: when you have an electric quarterback like we do, we
Speaker 16: understand that it's important to give him a target.
Speaker 6: Lets you respect to that play with Lamar and what
Speaker 6: did you see in terms of the void And it's
Speaker 6: some of those things you just.
Speaker 16: Talk, get in my eyes on him and try to
Speaker 16: just keep on moving around. And when I found space,
Speaker 16: I took space and he was on the same page he.
Speaker 16: I mean, he has great vision. That's something that's you know,
Speaker 16: unique to him. Instinctive. You know, he has great vision.
Speaker 16: Even though he's moving around and moving guys with his eyes,
Speaker 16: he's shifting shifting guys with his body and he's looking
Speaker 16: for people.
Speaker 9: And that's good.
Speaker 12: Why do you think that day is off to such
Speaker 12: a historic start, like his stats and everything, how's he
Speaker 12: gotten off to such a fast start.
Speaker 16: He practices hard, He practices already prepares with great attention
Speaker 16: to detail. You know, I'm super impressed with him. I
Speaker 16: always have been, and you know, it's important that he
Speaker 16: has this type of performance because it's a great, you know,
Speaker 16: example of proper preparation and proper work ethic.
Speaker 6: Thank Kelly, Thank you.
Speaker 1: That was wid receiver Nelson Aguilar. And last but not least,
Speaker 1: we also talked with linebacker Patrick Queen. He discussed the
Speaker 1: attire that he plans to wear for Sunday's matchup against
Speaker 1: the Cardinals and also the mindset for this defense going
Speaker 1: into this game.
Speaker 8: I got to ask about the cowboy hat they heard
Speaker 8: Rose flushers.
Speaker 17: Oh, I got ain't got a burst up, but we
Speaker 17: gonna we'll be well dressed Sunday. I actually had to
Speaker 17: rob him a little bit just to give him to
Speaker 17: wear a cowboy hat, uh to the game Sunday. So
Speaker 17: I'll see what kind of fitty wears and I'll give
Speaker 17: him a good rating. Uh my rating't gonna be a
Speaker 17: team to let y'all know if he's a ten already,
Speaker 17: but they'll have a rad for.
Speaker 13: Him soon, so you will have a cowboy atat too.
Speaker 17: I did have about cowboy had actually I ordered a
Speaker 17: bunch of 'em cause I didn't know what color I
Speaker 17: was gonna have to match with my fit, and it
Speaker 17: was an extra one in there. I was like, real,
Speaker 17: you might will just you know, wear one with me.
Speaker 17: So he was like, alright, I'll wear one. Then he
Speaker 17: text me he was like, bring the hazard Marrows like
Speaker 17: a match one solid.
Speaker 5: It's an extra unexpected wrinkle.
Speaker 10: Get kind of thrown out you when you see Kyler
Speaker 10: Murrie his full participation or assessing that was.
Speaker 9: Already kind up on your hasbro.
Speaker 17: Uh, I mean we pretty much of the space offense
Speaker 17: would be the same. You know, they still got their
Speaker 17: ye quarterback runs and Dobbs is running as best as
Speaker 17: anybody in the league from the quarterback spot, So I
Speaker 17: think it'll be pretty much the same offense. Nah, color
Speaker 17: is a different player, more electric and stuff, but think
Speaker 17: it for for like, for the most part, should be
Speaker 17: the same offense.
Speaker 15: Obviously, Hollywood Browns a got you guys know, well, just
Speaker 15: wanna challenges that you brings to the posters with you.
Speaker 17: Yeah, good catching run guy, Uh got a lot more sauces.
Speaker 17: He could definitely go off the line way better. Uh.
Speaker 17: Downfield speed has always been there, being able to take
Speaker 17: the top of the defense. Always been there. Uh, he's
Speaker 17: more aggressive now with the run blocks. He's just throwing
Speaker 17: his body in there and stuff now, getting out of
Speaker 17: people with blocks and stuff. So he's definitely way more
Speaker 17: aggressive than what I recall. He was always been aggressive,
Speaker 17: but they like way to another level now, So hands
Speaker 17: off to him for that.
Speaker 15: Marlin hmprey said yesterday that Mike McDonald was harder. You guys,
Speaker 15: you got the film room this week. You know, even
Speaker 15: though it was a big win that he was you
Speaker 15: know what I thought you lost the game. It's some
Speaker 15: of the way that you went through it. How does
Speaker 15: that kind of set the tone going into the.
Speaker 4: Type of game?
Speaker 17: Yeah, we all we was all paused out of the
Speaker 17: game because we wanted to put a goose egg up
Speaker 17: there on the board, and we know we were capable
Speaker 17: of it. And Mike took the blame with the call
Speaker 17: he said could have been a running card, but we
Speaker 17: all know that we could have played it better and
Speaker 17: you know, probably stopped him and gave us, gave himself
Speaker 17: a chance on the one yard line or something down
Speaker 17: the two yard line, whatever it may be. So that's
Speaker 17: when it comes into being a team being a great
Speaker 17: having a great defensive coordinator like him, have great coaches
Speaker 17: who actually care want us to be perfect, and we
Speaker 17: want to be perfect our sales.
Speaker 1: That was linebacker Patrick Queen, And you're listening to the
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